Here’s a little bit of wisdom from my Dad. The names have been changed to protect the innocent:
“We may, or may not have advised that Mom and I worked pretty hard a couple of weeks ago putting in some plastic edging behind the house where we could not get the grass to grow. Anyway, we did. Then on this past Thursday a friendly Acme Rock & Stone driver dumped 1/2 yard of river rock in our driveway. A half yard makes a pretty good pile of rock. So Thursday evening I decided to just test how many scoops I could conveniently handle in my wheelbarrow.”
[editor’s note: Remember, this is my 88 year old father with a bad arm and a bad leg. I’ll speak to him about this later!]
“It looked like maybe 4 or 5 scoops would be my limit and on that basis the pile would take at least two days to put away. On Friday morning then soon after breakfast Mom and I were out there starting our big project. However, after just a short while, Mr. McFeely came over with his wheelbarrow to give me a hand. He did not think too much of my 4 or 5 scoop progress. Lo and behold, the pile evaporated in just a few hours and our 2 foot by 63 foot border is now covered nicely.
The moral of this story is to nice to your neighbors, particularly those with bigger wheelbarrows.”
Thanks for the advice Dad!
